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Parashat Va'etchanan

Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11

Moshe recounts the giving of the Ten Commandments and the experience of divine revelation at Sinai. He pleads to enter the land, but is reminded that leadership sometimes requires painful limits. The portion centers on love of God, expressed in the Shema, as the heart of Jewish life.

  • There is Something About Israel that Makes People Furious

    In Parashat Va'etchanan

    “For what great nation is there that has God so near to them… Only take heed and guard your soul diligently, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen…” (Devarim 4:7–9) When a Non-Jew Reminds Us Who We Are Sometimes, it takes a non-Jew to remind us, the Jews, of something we are reluctant […]